Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Drone footage of the waste water treatment plant in Douin, Victoria, Australia. Filmed on 30 October 2025.
Gippsland Water has switched on the largest floating solar array in Australia at the Drouin wastewater treatment plant. The 350-kilowatt system features 644 individual solar panels and floats on one of the plant’s treatment lagoons.
Gippsland Water's upgraded wastewater treatment plant in Drouin is a $55 million facility that uses membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology to provide higher quality treated wastewater. Opened in October 2022, the plant was built to support Drouin's long-term growth and includes a floating solar panel array to generate renewable energy for the plant. The facility is designed to produce better environmental outcomes and increase the town's capacity for wastewater treatment.
The new plant can handle increased flow rates, with an average dry weather flow of 4.2 megalitres/day and a peak wet weather flow of 12.6 megalitres/day.
The upgrade was necessary to meet the needs of Drouin's rapid residential and industrial growth. The project also included constructing a sludge dewatering building, an odour treatment plant, and a chemical dosing facility.
visualjourneydrone@gmail.com
Drone footage of the waste water treatment plant in Douin, Victoria, Australia. Filmed on 30 October 2025.
Gippsland Water has switched on the largest floating solar array in Australia at the Drouin wastewater treatment plant. The 350-kilowatt system features 644 individual solar panels and floats on one of the plant’s treatment lagoons.
Gippsland Water's upgraded wastewater treatment plant in Drouin is a $55 million facility that uses membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology to provide higher quality treated wastewater. Opened in October 2022, the plant was built to support Drouin's long-term growth and includes a floating solar panel array to generate renewable energy for the plant. The facility is designed to produce better environmental outcomes and increase the town's capacity for wastewater treatment.
The new plant can handle increased flow rates, with an average dry weather flow of 4.2 megalitres/day and a peak wet weather flow of 12.6 megalitres/day.
The upgrade was necessary to meet the needs of Drouin's rapid residential and industrial growth. The project also included constructing a sludge dewatering building, an odour treatment plant, and a chemical dosing facility.
visualjourneydrone@gmail.com
